With a population of 54,000, St. Mary Parish is centrally located on the Louisiana gulf coast. Dubbed the Cajun Coast, St. Mary Parish is home to petroleum, agriculture, and tourism industries making the parish’s law enforcement needs as unique as the people who live and work here.

St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office is dedicated to the people, traditions, and diversity of our community. We are committed to excellence in law enforcement. We aim to achieve this goal by continually aspiring to high standards of professionalism in policing through integrity, innovation, and training.

We believe an informed public is a safer public. Online access to our daily operations informs and equips citizens to help us maintain St. Mary Parish as a safe place to live. We hope you find the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office website insightful and useful.